What did Elie Wiesel win the Nobel Peace Prize for?

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Elie Wiesel the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for bringing a message of "peace, atonement and human dignity" to the world through his writing. Egil Aarvik called W...
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What nobel peace prize did elie wiesel receive in 1986?

Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his work as Chairman of "The President's Commission on the Holocaust." The same year, he and his wife Marion established The Elie Wiesel Foundation...
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Who picks the Nobel Peace Prize?

The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is chosen by a committee of five Norwegians appointed by the Storting, which is the Norwegian Parliament. However, the Nobel Committee is independent of the S...
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